Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-07-06
MARTINsBURc. W. VA.
WEDNESDAY JULY s, 1887.
IN EUROPEAN BATHROOMS.
Americas Famous Dancing Master Conn
ments on Scenes There.
Ne. g West Martin treet,
MARTINsBuRo. w. VA.


Americas Famous Dancing Master Com.
ments on scenes There.
Mr.. Allen Dodworth sat In his apart
ment in the Avenue de pAlma and talked
over the state Of affairs in Europe from g
terpsichOrean point of view. IA European
ballroom said he, is full Of surprises to
an American. In the first place, he IS
astonished to find that IN general, leaving
out the very high society people, every one
dances with every one else, without intro
duction Approve Of its OF course don't.
Do you think would wish my daughters
to be addressed by any stranger who hap
pened to take fancy to themi Another
thing which startles MS Is the cordial re-
ception accorded to negroes. Why, In q
largo ball at any Of the various European
resorts you will see men Of oil colors, from
q jet black down to pale yellow, waltzing
with the young ladies, chatting and fiirt-
ing with them; ia fact, quite as well re-
ceived as any one else. OF course, there
is no reason why they should not be II
they behave themselves; but, all the same,
it does crate on the feelings Of an Ameri-
can to see pretty girl whirling about in
tho arms of q thick Tipped African"
DO you think that they waltz IN Eu-
rope as we do?'' asked.
Decidedly not, i" he replied. They do
not reverse, for instance, but go spinning
around with perfectly fiat motion, like O.
top, 1t Is a mystery how they can keep
i it up So long without falling. OF course,
too, this style Of waltx;ng makes 1t quite
ilnpogsiblc to avoid constant collisions. /
remember an amusing sight ut Wiesbaden
two summers ago. "a gentleman and lady,
both Americans, were taking part In one
Of the grand halls, and were waltzing as
we always do at home. Well, the Ger
mans al around them finally began to get
annoyed at the clever way In which they
would shoot in and ont through the
crowd, and at last several couples tried to
push into them. However, at each at
tempt Of this kind, the gentleman would
sliIlfully change his direction and avoid
the encounter. never laughed more
heartily, and assure you the Americans
were not touched once. Oh, our superior
ity in the waltz Is very generally admitted,
even IN Europe heard an interesting
story illustrating this only few weeks
ago. It was on the occasion of splendid
ball given In Athens at the kings palace.
An American couple were on the floor,
and, both being passionately fond Of q
waltz, were so absorbed In it that they
hardly noticed that, one by one, the other
dancers had retired, and that at last they
were quite alone. It was only when the
prince himself began to clap his hands
that 3 burst Of applause showed them that
they had been the objects of general adj
miratiOm.
II had long talk few days ago with
Desoria, one of the best known dancing
teachers in Paris. 1t was he who taught
the De Lesseps children TO dance the
Peacock, which they did at an entertain
uenf 0fven some weeks asyO at NJ. de Les
seps' house It IL an old fashioned quad
rifle which was popular in the time Of
Louis XIV, and they danced It very nicely.
He tells me that young men como to him
and expect to learn the waltz In two or
three lessons, and really he would not be-
lieye me when / told him that have had
pupils beein with me at 4 years Of age and
leave me at their marriage, only to send
me their own children later on. Yes, sir,
have taught in families On Fifth avenue
for three generations. New York Sun.
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